Xia Mingyu: "We’re going to Wangwang Street. We can start by finding out where No. 211 is. After asking for leave tomorrow, we can go and keep an eye on it."
Nan Chu: "Gong Guan is dead. Although the police have sealed the news, people inside the company all know. The person speaking with Gong Guan on the recording might have also received news of Gong Guan’s death. Whether or not they will go there remains a question."
"If there’s a chance today, we’ll sneak into No. 211 and take a look."
The other three nodded in agreent.
When they arrived at Wangwang Street, they followed the GPS and found No. 211. It turned out to be Wangwang dical Beauty.
However, the door was closed; they were not open for business.
Nan Chu and the others got out of the car and took a walk around. Although there was a back door, it was also closed; getting inside was impossible.
"Looks like we’ll have to co back tomorrow." Ke Nian said.
Shao Zheng: "Let’s go to work first."
The group headed to No. 111.
At No. 111, they found themselves at a large mall. The logistics and operations departnts were busy.
The four looked at the busy crowd, unsure whom to approach.
Soone then ca over and said, "You must be here to help."
Xia Mingyu: "Yes."
Ke Nian: "Yeah."
Shao Zheng: "That’s right."
Nan Chu raised an eyebrow slightly. This voice....
"I’m Manager Hou Pu from the logistics departnt." Hou Pu gave everyone a once-over; his eyes sparkled when looking at Nan Chu: "The three boys go move things, the girl follows for decoration."
"Yes, Manager Hou." The four responded in unison.
After Hou Pu left, Nan Chu coughed lightly, and Shao Zheng and the others imdiately gathered around.
"That voice—doesn’t it sound like the one from Gong Guan’s recording, the person speaking with Gong Guan?" Nan Chu whispered.
Ke Nian frowned slightly, trying to rember, but nothing ca to mind, "I don’t know. I didn’t pay attention back then."
Xia Mingyu nodded slightly, "It does sound a bit like it."
"Let’s focus on monitoring that Hou Pu." Nan Chu said.
"Alright." The four exchanged words and then each went back to their tasks.
Nan Chu followed Yang Man from logistics to help with decorations.
"Nan Chu, let’s decorate over here." Yang Man said.
"Okay."
Nan Chu took so balloons and started decorating. The morning passed, and it was finally lunch break.
Nan Chu and the others ate together.
While eating, Nan Chu saw Hou Pu go aside to take a phone call. She quickly followed and stood more than two ters away, secretly listening in.
"Gong Guan is dead. I don’t know where he hid the list."
"Gong Guan was always the one in charge of the goods; what can I do?"
"Understood, I’ll go look for the things he hid."
After speaking, Hou Pu hung up the phone.
Nan Chu thought: This Hou Pu is indeed connected to Gong Guan.
Gong Guan still has important docunts in his possession; looks like I’ll have to go thoroughly search Gong Guan’s office after returning to the company.
Nan Chu hurried back before Hou Pu returned.
"Where did you go, Nan Chu?" Xia Mingyu asked.
"I’ll tell you later." Hou Pu ca back, making it inconvenient to talk.
After finishing lunch, Nan Chu shared the overheard phone conversation in the group chat.
[Nan Chu] @Li Wenya @Su Xiao: If you get the chance, go search Gong Guan’s office to see if you can find anything important he might have hidden.
[Li Wenya]: Okay.
[Su Xiao]: No problem.
It was now lunchti, so Li Wenya and Su Xiao quietly went up to the third floor. Ensuring no one noticed them, they sneaked into Gong Guan’s office.
Li Wenya even locked the door behind them to prevent any surprise interruptions.
Li Wenya and Su Xiao started searching.
Li Wenya searched carefully, even going through the trash bin.
She found a fluorescent flashlight and began scanning everything with it, discovering words on a hanging painting: "Valued before going forward with talent."
Then she removed the painting and found a secret compartnt requiring a password to open.
"The password must be related to the words on the painting." Su Xiao said.
Li Wenya nodded and began pondering, "This seems like a word puzzle. ’Valued before going forward with talent...’."
Suddenly, Li Wenya had an inspiration, "It’s the word ’cai’!"
Removing the ’val’ from ’Valued’ leaves ’cai.’ Adding ’tal’ for ’talent,’ it becos ’cai.’
Li Wenya entered ’cai’ in pinyin, and the secret compartnt opened.
Inside was a USB drive. Taking it out, Li Wenya restored the compartnt, then left the office with Su Xiao.
The two returned to the eting room and began checking the USB drive’s contents.
The USB contained two docunts: one nad "Sunshine Park Plan" and another nad "List."
They opened "Sunshine Park Plan."
The Sunshine Park Plan aid to establish a park free of worries, with only happiness and joy... The park was completed on February 22, 2022.
This Sunshine Park had been established for five years, and it was unclear whether it was good or bad.
However, Li Wenya felt that anything appearing in Gong Guan’s vicinity didn’t seem like sothing good.
Next, they opened "List."
But the list was completely blank, nothing at all.
How curious, why was the list blank?
Li Wenya shared both docunts from the USB drive in the group chat.
Allowing Nan Chu and the others to view them too.
[Xia Mingyu]: Why is the list blank, with nothing at all?
[Li Wenya]: It’s blank for as well when I open it.
[Nan Chu]: Wenya, try selecting the entire page and changing the font color to black. See if anything appears.
[Li Wenya]: Okay, I’ll give it a try.
Li Wenya highlighted the entire page, changed the font color to black, and indeed, sothing showed up.
[Li Wenya]: It worked; the font was set to white.
[Li Wenya]: I’ll re-share the docunt in the group chat.
Then Li Wenya shared the docunt again, and Nan Chu reopened it, seeing the list.
1. Liu Daniu, ID: ..., joined Sunshine Park on February 22, 2022.
2. King of Kings, ID: ..., joined Sunshine Park on February 22, 2022.
3. Tian Yitian, ID: ..., joined Sunshine Park on February 22, 2022.
...
...
The list comprised 31 nas, of the first individuals to join Sunshine Park.
As they were reviewing the list, Hou Pu approached them, prompting Nan Chu and the others to quickly turn off their phones to avoid Hou Pu seeing anything.
"How did you find the morning’s work?" Hou Pu inquired with concern.
"Pretty manageable." Xia Mingyu replied.
"Good to hear." Hou Pu said. "Add on V. If you have any issues, feel free to contact ."
Hou Pu took out his phone and opened the V chat QR code.
Following his suggestion, Nan Chu and the others added Hou Pu on V chat.
After adding him, Hou Pu left.
At half-past four in the afternoon, Nan Chu and the group returned to the company.
Back at the company, Nan Chu examined the area surrounding the police tape, noticing the word "deserve" written in red paint; the "日" character was rounded sowhat childishly—this style seed familiar.
Nan Chu quickly recalled and, within two minutes, rembered seeing similar handwriting on the wage confirmation sheets by Zhang Xianhui in the personnel manager’s files.
Zhang Xianhui was a cleaning lady who joined 1 1 Creative Co., Ltd on October 14, 2026.
Nan Chu hurried to the first-floor cleaning room, but no one was present.
She spotted Zhang Xianhui’s locker, which was locked with a password.
Nan Chu entered Zhang Xianhui’s birthday, and the locker opened.
Inside the locker were gloves, with traces of red paint on them.
Alongside, there was a letter and a circular badge with a red flower design, matching the sketch on Ming i’s USB drive.
The badge’s edge was inscribed with the words: Hell on Earth, Wings of Redemption, Judge Declares Fate.
Could this be an organization?
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